The SDLC Was Designed for Humans
I was doing research on what to build next in the AI world. I’ve done a few hobby projects that have gone nowhere. I was fishing for the next. I was looking for an interesting i...
Engineering, Leadership, and Life
I write about software engineering, leadership, and the judgment built through messy systems, team decisions, mistakes, and curiosity beyond work.
Skellig Michael, Eventually
Left home on Saturday and drove from Dublin, almost five hours in total. Made a stop on the way for some soup and the roast of the day, which was fantastic. Saved the place on t...
The Wind at Your Back
When I was preparing for the college entrance exam, I wanted to study computer science because I had watched The Matrix. Yeah, I know, it’s not a big story. The other thing I le...
The Invariant Is Hiding
Emily's platform team has a cost problem. They run thousands of workloads for application teams, and too much compute sits idle most of the day. Emily has a fairly obvious propo...
Work is Just Other People
I found a pattern in myself. When work is going well, I do not talk about work. I talk about a bad joke, what someone cooked, how a Guinness pint tastes in different pubs, the t...